Government report writing

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Department of State

President Roosevelt directs the Department of State to refer to the concluding part of his letter of April 10 regarding documentation of the incident with Governor of Jamaica James Alexander Swettenham. Roosevelt instructs that the reports from those involved, including Admiral Robley D. Evans, Rear Admiral C. H. Davis, Father Mathew Carlin Gleeson, the ship surgeon, and all officers, be readied for publication. At some point, the affair “may see the light,” in Great Britain, and Roosevelt wants “immediately to produce our whole case in answer.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert Knox Smith

President Roosevelt approves of Commissioner of Corporations Smith’s publication of a report concerning the Standard Oil Company. Roosevelt will address Smith’s finding about the effect of the tariff on Standard Oil when he returns to Washington, D.C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul Morton

President Roosevelt sends a report from Commissioner Thomas F. Drake to Paul Morton and asks for comments.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Louis Dembitz Brandeis

President Roosevelt asks Louis Dembitz Brandeis for his opinion on the enclosed report from Insurance Commissioner Thomas F. Drake.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-14

Letter from William Loeb to William Howard Taft

William Loeb forwards Secretary of War Taft the recent letter that Chicago Record-Herald editor Frank B. Noyes sent to President Roosevelt concerning the Brownsville affair. Roosevelt would like an immediate report on the topic from Major Augustus Perry Blocksom.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank B. Noyes

President Roosevelt says that the issues regarding the Brownsville affair which Frank B. Noyes brought up in his recent letter is an important matter, and he will call for an immediate report to be made on the topic. Roosevelt looks forward to visiting with Noyes this winter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-19

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Until he is able to form his report, William H. Taft asks that President Roosevelt hold off on making a statement about the Philippines. Taft plans to express to the people of the Philippines that they have the opportunity now to prove self-government will be successful, and that any action by Americans at this point would be to prevent violence. Reservations from Congress about funding fortification projects will likely be impacted by the recent events concerning Japan, and Taft will press for the funds while still acting in accordance with Roosevelt’s wishes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-31

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft informs President Roosevelt that he has enclosed a copy of the Isthmian Canal Commission report in lieu of the memorandum Roosevelt handed him. Taft says the report contains all of the information that the president wanted and he is also returning Roosevelt’s original draft.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-12

Draft of letter from William H. Taft to the United States Congress

Secretary of War Taft transmits the annual report of the Isthmian Canal Commission to Congress via letter. Taft supports a personnel change for the commission, citing the current members as ineffective, and also recommends to reduce the number of members to five or three.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-12

Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of State Root writes to President Roosevelt regarding a report from William J. Calhoun, and additions Calhoun wants to add for clarity. The report is likely relating to recent work Calhoun was doing in Venezuela to resolve a dispute there.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Emerson Brewer

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Dr. George Emerson Brewer. Roosevelt returns a manuscript report given to him by Alexander Lambert. Roosevelt expresses his discomfort about the events described in the report. The report most likely discusses events from WWI. He refers to a speech by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1900.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Luke E. Wright

President Roosevelt tells Secretary of War Wright that he would like a report from the board which was alluded to in Wright’s previous letter. Roosevelt would like the report in one week, as it has been two months since the initial letter, and he wishes to receive the report before he leaves the White House.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Luke E. Wright

President Roosevelt has learned that the Army Corps of Engineers has been compiling a report on the waterways project from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico. He instructs Secretary of War Wright that no such report should be made public before it is submitted to the Waterways Commission and receives Roosevelt’s authorization.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to S. B. M. Young, George S. Patton, Robert S. Bean, and Henry Lee Higginson

President Roosevelt thanks S. B. M. Young, George S. Patton, Robert S. Bean, and Henry Lee Higginson for the valuable paper that they wrote. Roosevelt has brought the paper to the attention of Secretary of War William H. Taft, and asks them to personally write to Taft to call his attention to the report. Roosevelt agrees with the recommendation for the purchase of property, and says that he is not entirely content with the academic course at either the Military Academy at West Point or the Naval Academy at Annapolis. He thinks there might be too much emphasis placed on academics in the military, and says that if he needed to pic someone to lead a cavalry division, he would not care if the person was good at math.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore E. Burton

President Roosevelt sends Representative Burton a report from the War Department concerning water power. He would like to have the views of the Inland Waterways Commission on the report by April 1.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to United States War Department

President Roosevelt informs the United States War Department that a bill, recently submitted by Senator Francis G. Newlands, will likely require a report by the War Department. President Roosevelt asks that the bill not be sent to General Alexander Mackenzie, of the Army Corps of Engineers, but is rather sent to him directly, as Mackenzie does not agree with the policies of the Waterways Commission. Roosevelt will confer with Secretary of War William H. Taft and direct what the answer to the bill should be.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alexander Lambert

President Roosevelt tells Alexander Lambert that it is good to hear from him, and that he is glad that Lambert liked his foreword to The Mongols. Roosevelt has called for a report on the case of Major Samuel A. Russel.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James K. Jones

President Roosevelt shares Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock’s report on the “Barnsdall matter” with Senator Jones and asks for Jones’ comments. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock’s letter to Commissioner of the General Land Office William A. Richards will get President Roosevelt the information he needs. Roosevelt inquires about illegal fencing in Wyoming. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt agrees with Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte that it is an “A-1” report and asks what he can do to put it into effect. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-12